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' k ^ _ • + > . THE CHAIN-O-UHI BEQION SINCE 107Bf Volume 91 tto. 48 -- 3 Sections THURSDAY, MARCH 31# 1966. McHENRY, ILLINOIS 28 Pages -- 10c Copy c HiiHij!! • • . . . Earl R. Walsh, left, co-chairman, serves with Chairman Dan Justen as McHenry Rotary club prepares for the annual Easter Seal tag day. This year it will be conducted by Rotary members on the evening of April 1 and all day April 2. Pictured with the chairmen is the Easter bunny symbolic of the annual Easter Seal drive which benefits the therapy center in Woodstock. "^Newspaper Work, with its many advantages for expression, also has its frustrating moments. They are especially e v i d e n t w h e n a l a r g e , f r o n t page box with a message goes s e e m i n g l y u n n o t i c e d a t t h e same time a wee mention in the 42ourt Briefs for q. minor traffic violation convinces the offender he is known far and wide. This week, however, we are convinced, of the importance of our work, and all because of a nine - year - old boy. When young Rob Varese, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Varese, was asked by his teacher to write a short theme on Spring, it read as follows: "I know when spring comes because in the Plaindealer it shows when baseball tryouts are. When I see that, I ask my Dad to practice with me. I made miniture league last year. I'm tring out for minor league this year." The mail was extra heavy at the Plaindealer office last Fri- 4aST all because a large number of sixth graders in the class of Mrs. Wallace at Junior school chose to send ink you" letters following their tour of our office a few days previous. ~"t)ne young girl expressed her appreciation _ and then added that she enjoyed the tour "even though I didn't understand it all." ~ At this point we might say ffrat the young lady is not alone. Even- after mamy years, few newspaper people feel they "understand it all". Lest anyone is apt to forget, Friday of this week brings us April Fools Day. Unless you are the wary type of person, the early morning, before coffeebreak hours may find the more susceptible folks (like ourself) falling for the age old tricks of the practical joker. One thing you won't find a joke that day is the appearance of local Rotarians holding a tag day for Easter Seal. This is serious business, evidenced by the busy men who take several hours away from their regular work to collect for a most worthwhile cause. If it's^true that there is always something new undei-.tKe sun, then one of the more recent trends must surely include a hobby which brings exotic pets into their own. They tell us that more and more feathered, furry and finned fellows are finding their way into the homes of the nation's pet lovers. To claim an exotic pet, you must have a hamster, marmoset, honey bear, salamander, parrot, anfish, mynah bird, cheetah or-jaguar, to name just a few. But the men who know them fiest, .curators at zoos, remind as that all that wiggles is not gelatin they point especially .(Continued on Page 8) On Friday evening, April 1, and all day Saturday. April 2, McHenry Rotarians will be in the business districts of the city in behalf of the McHenry county chapter of the Easter Seal society. They will be distinguished by the jungle type helmets each will be wearing. Headed by Dan Justen as chairman arid Earl R. Walsh as co-chairman, the men will be distributing Easter lapel lilies. Last year the collection was a high $800. This year, in an effort to meet a friendly challenge of the Crystal Lake Rotary club, the McHenry men are hoping for an even higher collection. It is fitting that the annual Easter Seal tag day be undertaken by Rotary groups, since it was a member of the Toledo. O h i o , c l u b w h o s t a r t e d t h e movement forty - five year? ago. In 1921, as he walked along the streets of Toledo, the Rotarian saw a youngster without legs, riding a scooter down the road. Unable to get the picture out of his mind, and convinced that such children should be helped, he took the matter before his home club. Money was raised locally to help such unfortunate youngsters, and Eventually the program spread through Ohio then into other states. This year's^ budget for the Easter Seal therapy center in Woodstock is $15,000, which will be aided through local tag days. Eighty - five per cent o f w h a t i s c o l l e c t e d i n t h e county remains for use here. Robert Steffi of the county chapter was present at the McHenry Rotary club's Thursday meeting to explain the program, w h i c h i s s u p e r v i s e d . b y f i v e professionally trained persons, including two physical therapists and one speech therapist. Future plans call-for a nursery school and swimming classes. Boat Capsizes; Riders Saved Several persons narrowly escaped drowning last Sunday when their boat capsized in Lily Lake at Lakemoor. Four of them were children. Darlene land Ben Brzoski, Jr., of Volo were treated in'McHenry hospital for exposure when brought to safety after the boat overturned. In the boat with the children were Christine and Barbara Petkowski. 13 and 11 years of age, of Justice, HI., and the "Brzoski youngsters' father, Ben. Sr. Francis Coughlin oM03 Lake Shore drive, Lakemoor, heard the screams of the children and went to their aid in another boat. CONTEST MUGS IDE PRIZES TO Sampling Papets Placed In poxes Of Non-Subscribers The Easter Bunny is coming to McHenry next week, and his basket will be filled to over - flowing as the McHenry Chamber of Commerce announces a special Easter Celebration. > In connection with the event, a sampling of Plaindealers are being placed in the boxes of all McHenry post office patrons who are non-subscribers. They contain many advertisements carrying special pre-holiday sales featuring a variety of itefns. In addition to the large C. of C. advertisement, merchants are displaying sales items in individual ads in this issue. A contest to be held in conjunction with the Easter Celebration is open to adults 18 years of age and over, who may register in any participating store listed below. Each o f t h e s e m e r c h a n t s w i l l g i v e away a $10 dinner at a restaurant of choice in thg McHenry area. No purchase is necessary for registration. Schedule Drawings Drawings will be held in each store Saturday afternoon, April 3 and winners will be notified by phone. Registration may be made in the various stores any time ifter March 31, and as many times as the individual wishes. Complete details appear in the special C. of C. Easter Celebration ad in this issue. Participating merchants are Gem Cleaners, Ben Franklin, McHenry ^State Bank,- Borer's Drugs. Buss Ford, Justen Furniture, Gladstone's Dept. store, Carey Appliance, McGee's, Casual S h o p p e, Shay's Music World, Nye Drug, Vycital's Hardware, White's Men's Shop, Agatha Gifts, Coast to Coast Wing 'N Fin Club, L&H TV, Genevieve's and Millstream Drugs. A special attraction for the youngsters, also sponsored by the retail merchants committee of the Chamber and the above mentioned businessmen, is the appearance of Mr. Bunny on he streets of McHenry. He will have free chocolate marshmallow eggs to distribute on Thursday, April 7, from 3 to 5 p.m., Friday, April 8, from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 o'clock and on Saturday, April 9, from 11 a,.m. to 2 p.m. NEWSPAPER BIN60 EXPECTED TO "BUG" PARTICIPANT M MERCHANT SPONSORED CONTEST The "bug" has struck _J£c- Heriry. No, not the flu bug or any other of the insidious bugs known to make life miserable. The little fellow that will be "bugging" McHenry area residents in the weeks ahead is known officially as Bingo Bug, a tiny character who will be responsible for Plain d e a ler readers earning big prizes totaling $850. They will arrive in the city on Thursday, April 7, making their appearance in that issue of the weekly paper as part of Newspaper Bingo. Co-sponsorS with the Plaindealer will b£ twentytwo local merchants who have welcomed the bugs into their advertising columns. Each week for seventeen weeks there will be a cash prize giVen amounting to $50. If there is only one winner, he will receive the entire amount. If there are more in a one-week period, they will share $50 equally. If there are no winners, the $50 will be added to the next week's prize fund. Cards Available Free Bingo cards will be available in participating stores starring March 31. Store names appear on this page and also in an advertisement elsewhere in this issue. The game of Bingo is for adults only. Rules allow a merchant to give a player only one card on each visit to the store, but you may visit as olten. as you desire. No purchases "are necessary. Of course, the more cards played in each weekly contest, the more opportunity to be a winner. Method of Play To play, one checks issues of the Plaindealer each week beginning Thursday, April 7. Ads of sponsoring merchants will contain Bingo Bugs, each bearing newspaper bingo numbers. When the player finds a match for one of the bug numbers on one of his cards, he places an (Continued on Page 8) OF MUCH VOTE. UTERES, IN PRIMARY ELECTION NEXT JUNE RETAIL MERCHANTS MEET The retail merchants' com-' mittee of the McHenry Chamber of Commerce will meet Tuesday evening, April 5, at 7:30 o'clock in Room 104 of the high school. At that time a report on the planning committee, future promotions and any new pi;ins for the Marine Festival will be discussed. Many filings for local, county and state offices have been announced during the past week. Among them are several for precinct committeemen, Charles J. Freund (R) in Burton township; Thomas F. Landre (D) in McHenry 7: Jean Davis (D) in McHenry 10, Jean Hillstro|n (D) in McHenry 17 and Anthony A. Varese (R) in McHenry 6. New filings for sheriff were Raymond C. Suchy (D) Wilbert Hecht (D) and Theresa Schultz (D) of McHenry. New county treasurer candidates are Eugene Brewer (R) and Doris Fortier (D). Filing since last w4ek for county clerk was Powers Mc- Guire (D). Albert A. Adams (R), Bernadette Davis (R) and Theresa Schultz (D), all of McHenry, have filed for representative committeeman in the 33rd district. On the state level, much, activity is evident in the new 32nd senatorial district. While only one Democrat, Albert S. Salvi of Lake Zurich, was an early candidate to file, there were several Republicans. They were A.B. McConnell of Woodstock, Karl Berning of Deerfield, George W. Lindberg of Crystal Lake, Robert J. Dickson of Wauconda, Norman Geary 'of Grayslake and Louis J. Goossens of Crystal Lake. Early Filings Ijk the new 33rd district, five filed early on the Republican ticket for representative in the VETS OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY OF ENTRY INTO WAR The regular monthly meeting of the McHenry Barracks of the Veterans of World War I will be held Thursday evening, April 14, with a 7 o'clock ^dinner preceding the discussion. The date commemorates the forty-ninth anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War I. Invited guests will include Jim Palmer, senior vice-commander of the department; Joseph B. Nesselroth, department claims officer; Mrs. Bobby Carroll, president of the Legion auxiliary; and A1 Bianchi, commander of the Legion post; also widows of deceased members. The question of forming an auxiliary unit to the barracks was voted down at the last meeting. FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT APPROVED FOR JUNE BALLOT General Assembly and there were three Democrats. GOP contenders are John Hill of West Dundee, Lester Cunningham of Belvidere, Joseph R. Levesque of McCullom Lake, Carl E. Pape of Belvidere and William E. Swanson of Carpentersville. William A. Giblin of Marengo, Thomas J. Hanahan, Jr., of McHenry and Frank O'- Rourke of" Marengo seek the approval of Democratic voters. Seeking to represent this 12th district in Washington, D.C.f ARE, Robert McClory (R) of Lake Bluff, now completing a term of office, and Herbert L. Stern (D) of Highland Park. The question of whether or not McHenry county will have a forest preserve district will be decided by voters at the June 14 primary election. The matter was settled by a decision of Judge James H. Cooney in McHenry County Circuit Court this past week. Judge Cooney's decision followed foUr continuances on hearings. Objections had been raised on several points, including addresses of signers and the fact that the referendum was held on this same propositfon two years ago and was unsuccessful, thus making the question of a preserve in the same area invalid. The issue will be presented on a special ballot. Voters need not be registered. There has been some discussion that in time, 1,000 acres i would be set aside in order to provide for the county's needs. They would be spread throughout the county and developed according to conservation and recreation policies. The district would include all o| the county with the exception of one small portion of Che- Tnung township, this for the purpose of eliminating the work of governing hy the county board ^supervisors. The district would be headed by a board of commissioners appointed by the county board to serve for a term of four years. CITIZEN GROUP R0P0SES Nif ARE! SCHOOL Older Johnsburg Siudbsa&s Frossa Fs,@p©i©d Flan In a growing community, it is only natural that school enrollments will increase. In 1955 there were only 108 students in the Johnsburg schools. There are now 634 enrolled. The community will continue to grow and with it, the need for more and better school facilites. The school system is short of facilities for science, mathematics, foreign languages, music, library and kindergarten. Late in 1965, representatives of St. John's school requested dual enrollment for their seventh and eighth grade students in science, mathejnatics and foreign language. The board of education has studied the problem for many months and believes the proposed solution is both educationally and financially sound. The program would provide a new school located north of Church street and east of St. John's cemetery. The facilities would take care of increasing enrollments, improvement of the curriculum and dual enrollment. The improvements would make it possible for teachers to instruct in fields for which they are specifically trained. Form Committee The Citizens' council met on March 21 and 25 to continue to study needs. As a result of these meetings, the group is 100 per cent in favor of the proposed solution, and has formed a civic committee. This committee will provide informed speakers for all the community meetings in the school district. On. Monday, March 28, Jerry OlsenNand Phil Wi«*ck snoke at St.John's Home a n d S c h o o l a s s o c i a t i o n a n d Louise Worzala and Jerry OIsen informed the people at the Johnsburg P.T.A. meeting of March 29. Future dates include Sunnyside Village, village meeting building, April 4, 8 p.m., speakers Phil Wieck and Dale Maule; Johnsburg Community Men's club, Johnsburg Community club, April 4, 8 p.m., speakers, Firm Victim Of Two Thefts Fury Motors at 2508 Rt. 120, east of McHenry, was the victim of two thefts in as many days' time this past week. Sometime last Wednesday, about $2,000, all in checks except for $200 in currency, was stolen from an unlocked safe in the office. Employees noticed the loss Thursday morning and speculate that entrance to the office was made sometime during business hours, possibly when the bookkeeper, Mrs. Dennis Smith, stepped out of the room. There was no evidence of forcible entry. The following morning, Friday, the sheriff's office was called to the business establishment again to investigate the theft of thirty-six hub caps from used cars parked outside. They were valued at approximately $292. BURNS FATAL TO PISTAKEE TERRACE MAlt Valgene Patula, 34, of 1308 W. May avenue, Pistakee Terrace, severely burned in a garage fire at his home on Feb. 27, died Tuesday, March 29, in Presbyterian St. Luke's hospital, Chicago. Doctors said he had been showing improvement until last Sunday, when his condition became worse. Mr. Patula, president of the Pistakee Terrace Home Owners association for the past two years, had resided in this area With his family for the past eight years. He was a veteran of the Korean War, having served from 1952 to 1954. The deceased was a marina mechanic at Gage Marine Corp., Lake Geneva. He is survived by his widow, Marcia; two sons, Ricky, 7, and Scott, 1; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Patula, of Ingleside; and a sister, Ramona Barnas, of Lake Villa. The body rests at the Hamsher funeral home in Fox Lake until Saturday mdrning, when last rites will be conducted at 11 a.m. at St. John the Baptist church in Johnsburg. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Roger Lee Marunde Dies Hours Before Birthday Celebration FATHER FILAS WILL ADDRESS LOCAL AUDIENCE Rev. Francis L. Filas, S.J., chairman of Loyola university's theology department, has been invited by St. Patrick's Moth- REV. F. t, FILAS ers club to address the group on Tuesday, April 12, at 7:45 p.m. in the church ball. His subject, familiar to all, is known As "The Battle of the Sexes". Father Filas, well known for his appearances on radio and television, is recognized for his fine discussions on family life. He visited St. Patrick's several years ago when he presented a talk on "Sex Education of Children". The public is invited to attend the April meeting, for which there is no admission charge. Refreshments will be served by Mrs. Anthony Fino and the second grade mothers. Young Singers Present y Musks! Show (Continued on Pago 3) - Daisy Mae and Li'l Abner, in the persons of Ronee Sommers and Jon Nolan, are shown standing in front of the cabin of Mammy and Pappy Yokum.sitting, portrayed by Dolly Myers and Gary Parks. These four will join With Lee Varese, Libby and Don Stinespring and Leonard Morris in featured singing parts when M.C.H.S. vocal groups present scenes from the musical comedy, "Li'l Abner" Sunday evening, April 3, tft 8 o'clock in the McHenry high school auditorium. Approximately 175 members of the vocal department of McHenry high school will present their third annual "Broadway Miniatures" in the school auditorium next Sunday evening, April at 8:00 p.m. They have chosen selections from five musicals, "The Desert Song," "Mary Poppins", "Li'L Abner", "Camelot" and an off-Broadway classical presentation, "Carmen". Three of the five will be represented by choral selections, while 'Mary Poppins" and Li'l A liner will be portrayed with One of the most tragic accidents of the year in the McHenry community occurred last Wednesday evening, March 23, taking the life of one-year-old Roger Lee Marunde on his first birthday. The youngster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Marunde, drowned when he fell into a semi-sunken bath tub in the family home at 117 S. Draper road. Until recently the Marundes had resided in Cooney Heights. Mrs. Marunde had been away during the afternoon. She returned home late and left her four young sons watching television as she used the vacuum cleaner in another room, in preparation for a small birthday party for Roger Lee that evening. Mr. Marunde was working in the basement at the time. The baby, who could walk by holding onto pieces of furniture, apparently wandered from the room unnoticed by his brothers. He went a distance of approximately 25 feet into the bathroom and is believed to have. fallen into the tub, which had a few inches of water. Besides his parents, the child is survived by three brothers, Dennis, 6 ; Douglas, 5; and Todd, 3; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Arvidson of Lakewood, McCullom Lake, ernd Mrarid Mrs. "Glen* "JVlarunde of Powers Lake. His mother is the former Marlene Aryidson. The body rested at the Peter M. Justen & Son funeral home until Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, when services were conducted by Rev. Donald D. Johnson of Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran church. EntombO*"^ ment was in Woodland rriausoleum. A verdict of asphyxiation through draining was returned by a crooner's jury. RACINE SCOUTS CAPTURE "ON GUARD" TITLE In the sixth annual "On Guard" Color Guard contest, held Sunday, March 27, at the McHenry high school gym, the Racine Scouts took home the first place trophy given by the American Legion Post 49i with a score of 83.9. In second place, with a very close score, were the Kenosha Queensmen with 83.15. Their trophy «was given by the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 491. The St. Alexis Viking took third place with 82.7 Third place trophy was awarded by Bob Dethlefson of the Viscounts Parents association. Last year's winner, the Sheyboygan Buccaneers were fourth with a score of 81.35. Along with the fourteen guards in competition, the Viscount Drum and Bugle small corps put on a very exciting exhibition and was very well received by the audience. The Viscount Color guard, the Knownames, Vi-Kettes "B"t. Group and Vi-kettes all presented exh i b i t i o n s . T h e V i s c o u n t s a n d Knownames, although judged, did hot compete. The next contest for the Viscount Color Guard and the Knownames will be the Mid- West Circuit championship show to be held on April 23 and April 24 at Maine East high school in Park Ridge. costumes and appropriate background scenery. Among featured performers will be Gail Tarvin, singing "One Alone" by Romberg; Mary Jane Hodges, Ron Parks, Carl Johnson, Cris Fossum, Dan Turner and Sandy Winters in "Mary Poppins." Lee VdfCse will be featured in commedienne portions of the "Li'l Abner" presentation. Dolly Myers and Linda Amici will be heard in solos from a concertized version of "Carmen", a fifteen-minute performance by the select mixed chorus FORMER BUSINESS MAN HERE DIES UNEXPECTEDLY Vincent Charles, for several years operator of a paint supply store on Elm street, McHenry, died unexpectedly of a heart attack Saturday evening, March 26, shortly after he was admitted to McHenry hospital. Mr. Charles, 55, lived at 4004 W. McCullom Lake road. Following thirty-seven years as lighting manager for the Garcy Corp., in Chicago, he operated his paint shop in McHenry between? 1955 apd 1959. (Continued on Page 8)